You can plant the seed in his mind at this point.

I'm excited for you to plant a flag here in the windy city. 

Intel is investing $20 billion to build chip manufacturing plants in Licking County, which is projected to create 30,000 new jobs.

Even though interest rates are higher than the last few years, I'm seeing great opportunity around Jax to plant some new investment seeds and I think the equity in your beach home could be a great source to scale up some additional investment properties. 

Just like planting a tree, the best time to buy(plant) was 5 years ago, the second best time is today.  

(If you go that route we have worked with a couple of good builders and can share the contact info) That said, there are other locations where you can get a 4-bedroom villa for less or a similar price point.For example, the Tulum National Archeological Park is a project that just got announced (Parque del Jaguar) is a federal park with 1,000 federal protected hectares (2471.05 acres) (just to give you an idea Central Park in NYC is only 843 acres), it will have jogging and bike trails with views to the Caribbean, ancient Mayan ruins, 7 new beach accesses, a pier for boats in front of the lighthouse of the park, plant nurseries, viewpoints, butterfly farms, and cenotes.

@Cindy Joseph kill the weeds, wait and plant creeping thyme or other plant that works in between.

The 250K that I take tax free could possibly be the seed I plant to grow the lending side.

They’ve removed over grown diseased rose bushes and planted new.

I’ve planted over 30,000 trees in my lifetime.